Military units in ascending order of the USSR. A division is what kind of combat unit? Airborne division. Hierarchy of military formations

Is a regiment. The number of its composition depends on the type of troops, and its full complement of personnel is one of the factors in ensuring the combat capability of the army. The regiment consists of smaller structural units. Let's find out what a company, regiment, battalion is, the number of these units according to the main branches of the military. We will pay special attention to the configuration of the artillery regiment.

What is a regiment?

First of all, let's find out. We will find out the number of personnel in various branches of the military in this unit later.

A regiment is a combat unit often commanded by an officer with the rank of colonel, although there are exceptions. The regiment of the Russian Federation is the main tactical unit on the basis of which

The regiment includes smaller structural units - battalions. The regiment itself can either be part of a formation or be a separate combat force. It is the command of the regiments that in most cases makes decisions of a tactical nature during a large-scale battle. Although quite often the shelves are used as completely separate and independent units.

Number of members

Now let's find out the number of military personnel in the regiment, taking as a basis the composition of the rifle regiment as the most typical. This military unit, as a rule, contains from 2000 to 3000 soldiers. Moreover, approximately this number is observed in almost all (except perhaps excluding artillery and some other types of troops) and even in law enforcement agencies. A similar number of servicemen, for example, has an infantry regiment, the number of soldiers in which also ranges from two to three thousand people. Although there are exceptions, the minimum number of military personnel in a regiment in any case cannot be less than 500 people.

A typical rifle regiment consists of a headquarters where major decisions are made, three motorized rifle battalions, a communications company, and a tank battalion. Also, this unit should include an anti-aircraft division, a reconnaissance company, an anti-tank battery, a communications company, an engineer company, a repair company, a company of chemical, biological and radiation protection. Recently, more and more important functions are performed by the company. Although in Soviet times this unit was also very significant. The composition of the regiment is supplemented by auxiliary units: a commandant's platoon, a medical company and an orchestra. But they are additional only conditionally, since, for example, the medical company performs functions that are much more important, if I may say so, than other units. After all, the lives of other soldiers depend on the soldiers of this structural unit.

Approximately such a structure has a typical regiment. You can see photos of the fighters of this formation above.

Composition of the battalion

Typically, two to four battalions form a regiment. We will now consider the number of military personnel in the battalion.

The battalion is considered the main tactical unit of the ground forces. The range of personnel strength of this unit generally ranges from 400 to 800 people. It includes several platoons, as well as individual companies.

If we consider artillery, then the combat unit that corresponds to a battalion is called a division.

As a rule, a battalion is commanded by a soldier with the rank of major. Although, of course, there are exceptions. Especially often they can be found during hostilities, when an acute shortage of officer personnel may arise in the armed forces of a country or a separate unit.

Consider the structure of a battalion using an example. As a rule, the backbone of this structural unit is three motorized rifle companies. In addition, the battalion includes a mortar battery, a grenade launcher platoon, an anti-tank platoon, and a control platoon. Additional, but no less important units are platoons of material and technical support, as well as a medical center.

Company size

A company is a smaller structural unit that is part of a battalion. As a rule, it is commanded by a captain, and in some cases by a major.

The size of a battalion company varies greatly depending on the specific type of troops. Most soldiers are in companies of construction battalions. There their number reaches 250 people. In motorized rifle units, it varies from 60 to 101 servicemen. Slightly fewer personnel in the landing troops. Here the number of army men does not exceed 80 people. But the least soldiers are in tank companies. There are only 31 to 41 military personnel there. In general, depending on the type of troops and on a particular state, the number of military personnel in a company can vary from 18 to 280 people.

In addition, in some military branches there is no such unit as a company, but at the same time there are analogues. For cavalry, this is a squadron, which includes about a hundred people, for artillery - a battery, for border troops - an outpost, for aviation - a link.

The company consists of command personnel and several platoons. Also, a company may include special squads that are not part of platoons.

Smaller divisions

The platoon consists of several squads, and the number of its personnel varies from 9 to 50 people. As a rule, the platoon commander is a soldier with the rank of lieutenant.

The smallest permanent unit in the army is the branch. The number of military personnel in it ranges from three to sixteen people. In most cases, a soldier with the rank of sergeant or senior sergeant is appointed as the squad leader.

The number of artillery regiment

The time has come to consider in more detail what an artillery regiment is, the number of personnel of this unit and some other parameters.

Artillery regiment is a structural unit of such kind of troops as artillery. As a rule, it is included as an integral part of an artillery division, consisting of three or four divisions.

The strength of an artillery regiment is smaller than the corresponding unit in other branches of the military. This indicator depends on how many divisions are included in the regiment. In the presence of three divisions, its strength is from 1000 to 1200 people. If there are four divisions, then the number of servicemen reaches 1,500 soldiers.

Artillery regiment structure

Like any other military unit, an artillery regiment has its own structure. Let's study it.

The structural elements of an artillery regiment are divided into three main groups: command and control, logistic and combat support units, as well as directly the main strike force - linear units.

It is these elements that make up the artillery regiment. A photo of the regiment's structure is located above.

Composition of the regiment

In turn, the management of the regiment is divided into the following elements: command, headquarters, technical unit and rear.

The command includes the regiment commander (most often with the rank of colonel or lieutenant colonel), his deputy, the head of physical training and the assistant commander for educational work. The last post in Soviet times corresponded to the post of political officer.

The headquarters unit includes the chief of staff, his deputy, as well as the heads of intelligence, the topographic service, communications, the secret part, the computer department and the assistant for the combat unit.

In the rear part of the regiment's administration are the deputy commander for logistics, the heads of the food, clothing, fuel and lubricants and clothing services.

The technical part of the regiment's administration includes the deputy for armaments, the heads of the armored, automobile, and missile and artillery services.

In addition, the chiefs of financial, chemical and medical services report directly to the regiment commander.

The composition of the logistic and combat support unit

The logistic and combat support unit is divided into the following structural elements: a medical center, a club, a repair company, a material support company, a battery and a control battery.

This unit is commanded by the deputy commander of the regiment for rear, who himself is part of the administrative part of the regiment, as mentioned above.

Composition of line divisions

It is on the line subunits that the main function of the existence of an artillery regiment is entrusted, since they conduct direct fire at the enemy from guns.

The regiment consists of four linear divisions: self-propelled, mixed, howitzer and jet. Sometimes a mixed division may be missing. In this case, the backbone of the regiment remains three units.

Each division is subdivided, as a rule, into three batteries, which, in turn, consist of three to four platoons.

The number and structure of the division

As mentioned above, three or four regiments form an artillery division. The number of personnel in such a unit reaches six thousand people. As a rule, the command of a division is entrusted to a soldier with the rank of major general, but there have been cases when these units were commanded by colonels and even lieutenant colonels.

Two divisions form the largest link in artillery - the corps. The number of military personnel in artillery corps can reach 12,000 people. The commander of such a unit is often a lieutenant general.

General principles for the formation of the number of units

We studied the size of a division, regiment, company, battalion, division and smaller structural units of various branches of the military, with an emphasis on artillery. As you can see, the number of servicemen in similar units in different troops can vary significantly. This is due to the direct purpose of the various branches of the armed forces. The most optimal number of servicemen to perform specific tasks is taken as a basis. Each indicator is not only the product of rigorous scientific calculation, but also the experience of combat operations in practice. That is, each figure is based on the spilled blood of the fighters.

Thus, we see that in the army there are both very small units, in which the number of servicemen can be equal to even three people, and the largest units, where the total number is in the tens of thousands of servicemen. At the same time, it must also be taken into account that in foreign countries the number of similar units may differ significantly from domestic options.

Like everything in this world, the science of warfare is progressing, new technologies and even new types of troops are emerging. For example, in Russia, the Aerospace Forces appeared not so long ago, which are a product of the evolution and development of the Air Force. With the advent of new types of troops and changes in the forms of warfare, it is certainly possible to adjust the number of personnel of subunits, taking into account the new conditions.

Generals have always found it difficult to manage large military units. To facilitate management, it was decided to create subunits commanded by junior commanders. Below is a list of these subunits. Of course, each army has its own manner of command, but the sub-units are often similar in different armies. After all, the management of military units of the army is an extremely responsible matter, and the smaller the unit commanded by an officer, the easier it is for him to understand the situation. This reduces liability.

In this article, we will also consider the organization and armament of units of foreign armies. This is a very serious topic, which is of interest to many. Large units of foreign armies are divided into their small parts. The first such part is a link.

Link, or fire group

A wing is a small military unit of the infantry and is designed to optimize fire, movement, tactical doctrine in combat. Depending on mission requirements, a typical fireteam consists of four or fewer members:

• submachine gunner;
• assistant machine gunner;
• shooter;
• designated team leader.

The role of each fireteam leader is to ensure that everyone acts as a unit. Two or three fireteams are organized into a squad or section in coordinated operations led by the squad leader.

Military theorists regard effective fireteams as essential to the modern professional military as they serve as the core team. Psychological studies conducted by the United States Army have shown that the survivability and readiness of soldiers to combat are more influenced by the desire to both protect and support other members of the fireteam than abstract concepts or ideologies. Historically, countries with effective fireteam organization have had significantly better performance from their infantry units in combat than those that have limited themselves to traditional operations with larger units.

The fireteam is the primary link on which the organization of modern infantry in the British Army, the regiments of the Royal Air Force, the Royal Marines, the US Army is based. The concept of fireteams is based on the need for tactical flexibility in infantry operations. The link is able to act autonomously as part of a larger unit. Successful operation as part of fireteams depends on the quality training of military personnel in small units, the experience of working together among members of fireteams, the availability of sufficient communications infrastructure and quality NCOs to provide tactical leadership of the group.

These requirements led to the successful use of the fireteam concept by the more professional military. Conscription makes squad development difficult as team members are less effective as they gain experience over time by working together and building personal connections. The tactics of actions of army units as part of a link are quite diverse.

In combat, when attacking or maneuvering, a fireteam typically spreads out to 50 meters (160 ft), while in defensive positions a team may cover their weapon range or line of sight, whichever is less. In open country, an effective group can travel up to 500 meters (1,600 ft), although detection range limits effectiveness beyond 100 meters (330 ft) or so without special equipment. A team is effective as long as its main weapon remains operational. A link as part of an army unit is currently a very effective combat unit.

The next division consists of several links. This large unit of the army is called a detachment.

Detachment

In military terminology, a detachment, or squadron, is a unit led by a non-commissioned officer who is subordinate to an infantry platoon. In countries that adhere to the traditions of the British army (Australian army, Canadian army, etc.), this organization is called a section. In most armies, a squad consists of eight to fourteen soldiers and can be divided into fireteams.

During World War II, the infantry unit of the German Wehrmacht (or Gruppe) was built around the general purpose machine gun. The advantage of the general purpose machine gun concept was that it greatly increased the total amount of fire that could be given by the squad. MG-34 or MG-42 were actively used as such a machine gun.

The infantry group consisted of ten people: a non-commissioned officer, a deputy commander, a group of three people (a machine gunner, an assistant gunner and an ammunition carrier) and five shooters. As personal small arms, the squad leader was issued a rifle or, from about 1941, a submachine gun, the machine gunner and his assistant were issued pistols, and the deputy squad leader, ammunition carrier and shooters were issued rifles.

Riflemen carried additional ammunition, hand grenades, explosives, or a machine gun tripod, as needed. They provided security and covering fire for the machine gun group. Two of the standard standard issue 98k Carbine rifles could be replaced with semi-automatic Gewehr-43 rifles, and sometimes StG-44 assault rifles could be used to rearm an entire squad except for the machine gun.

In U.S. Army units, historically, a troop was a division of a section consisting of two soldiers up to 12 men, and was originally used primarily for training and administrative purposes.

Platoon

A platoon is a combat unit in an army, usually consisting of two or more squads/sections/patrols. Platoon organization varies by country, but generally according to official organization charts published in U.S. military records, a full U.S. Infantry Rifle Platoon consists of 39 soldiers or 43 Marines (U.S. Army or U.S. Marine Corps respectively) . There are other types of rifle platoons (e.g. anti-tank, lightly armored recon, mortar, recon, sniper), depending on the service and type of infantry company/battalion to which the platoon is assigned, and these platoons can range from 18 men (marine corps USA - sniper platoon) up to 69 people (USMC - mortar platoon).

The platoon was originally a firing unit, not an organization. The system was invented by Swedish Gustav Adolf in 1618. In the French army in the 1670s, the battalion was divided into 18 platoons, which were grouped into three "shoots". Each firing platoon either actually fired or reloaded. The system was also used by the British, Austrian, Russian and Dutch armies. The platoon leader is usually a junior officer: junior or senior lieutenant or a soldier of equivalent rank. The officer is usually assisted by a platoon sergeant. A platoon is usually the smallest military unit led by an officer.

Rifle platoons usually consist of a small platoon and three or four sections (commonwealths) or squadrons (USA). In some armies, the platoon is used in all divisions of the army. In several armies, such as the French army, the platoon is specifically a cavalry unit, and the infantry uses "section" as the equivalent unit. A unit consisting of several platoons is called a company/battery/detachment.

From October 1913, under the scheme of General Sir Ivor Maxs, the regular battalions of the British Army were reorganized from the previous eight companies into four company structures, with each company having four platoons as separate units, each commanded by a lieutenant with a platoon sergeant as his second-in-command. Each platoon was divided into four parts under the command of a corporal. Due to the lack of officers in 1938-1940. for experienced non-commissioned officers who commanded platoons, the non-commissioned officer rank of platoon sergeant major was introduced. In modern units of the Russian army, a platoon is one of the main army units.

Company

A company is a military unit, usually consisting of 80-150 soldiers, commanded by a major or captain. Most companies are formed from three to six platoons, although the exact number may vary by country, unit type, and structure.

Usually several companies are grouped into a battalion or regiment, the latter of which is sometimes formed by several battalions. Sometimes independent or separate companies are organized for special purposes, such as the 1st Airborne Communications Company or the 3rd Reconnaissance Company. These companies are not organic to a battalion or regiment, but rather report directly to a higher level organization such as a Marine Expeditionary Force HQ (i.e. corps level command).

Companies in the units of the Russian army:

1. Motorized Rifle Company. A Soviet motorized rifle company can be mounted with any armored personnel carrier, armored personnel carrier or infantry fighting vehicle, which were more numerous in the late 1980s. The armored personnel carrier of a rifle company consisted of a company headquarters, three motorized rifle platoons and a machine gun/anti-tank platoon. A rifle company with an infantry fighting vehicle had the same number of personnel and carriers, and consisted of a company headquarters, three motorized rifle platoons and a machine gun platoon equipped with six RPK-74s. Despite the seeming lesser firepower, American commanders were advised to include the heavier armament of the IFV in their calculations.
2. Tank company. Until the end of the 1980s, a Soviet tank company consisted of a company headquarters and three tank platoons with T-64, T-72 or T-80 tanks, totaling 39 men and 13 tanks; companies using the old T-54, T-55 or T-62 tanks had 10 or 13 additional troops. However, forces in Eastern Europe began to standardize tank companies with 10 tanks, with three tanks in each platoon instead of four.
3. Scientific company. Science companies were created in 2013 to allow college-educated conscripts to serve on scientific research assignments. There are 7 research companies:

• 2nd and 3rd Research Companies (Aerospace Force);
• 5th Research Company (Army);
• 6th Research Company (General Staff);
• 7th research company (communications);
• 8th research company (medical);
• 9th research company (RHBZ).

Battalion

A battalion is a military unit. The use of the term "battalion" depends on the nationality and type of service. Usually a battalion consists of 300-800 soldiers and is divided into several companies. A battalion is usually commanded by a lieutenant colonel. In some countries, the word "battalion" is associated with infantry.

The term was first used in Italian as battaglione (no later than the 16th century). It comes from the Italian word battaglia. The first use of battalion in English was in the 1580s, and the first use for "part of a regiment" is from 1708.

Independent Operations

The battalion is the smallest military organization capable of "limited independent operations" as the battalion is the lowest level organizational unit containing organic coordinating or executive personnel and a support and maintenance group (e.g., company headquarters and headquarters). The battalion must have a source of reinforcements so that it can continue operations for a long time. This is because the bulk of a battalion's load of ammunition, expendable weapons (such as hand grenades and expendable rocket launchers), water, rations, fuel, lubricants, spare parts, batteries, and medical supplies usually consists of only what can be carried. battalion soldiers and organic battalion vehicles.

In addition to sufficient personnel and equipment (typically at least two main mission companies and one mission support company) to carry out significant operations, as well as limited autonomous administrative and logistical capacity, a staff member is provided to the commander, whose function is to coordinate ongoing operations and plan future operations. The battalion's subordinate units (companies and their organic platoons) are dependent on the battalion headquarters for command, control, communications, and intelligence, and the battalion's service and support organizational structure to carry out their mission. A battalion is usually part of a regiment, brigade, or group, depending on the organizational model used by that service.

Motorized rifle battalion in the units of the Russian army

A motorized rifle battalion could be mounted either on APCs or BMP infantry fighting vehicles, with the former being more numerous in the late 1980s. The battalion headquarters includes 12 personnel and three motorized rifle companies (110 people each). The APC battalion also had an anti-tank platoon with four AT-3 or AT-4 launchers and two 73mm SPG-9 recoilless guns. APC units on high alert sometimes had six rocket launchers and three recoilless rifles.

tank battalion

Until the end of the 1980s, Soviet tank battalions included three tank companies of 13 T-64, T-72 or T-80 tanks each, together with the battalion headquarters, for a total of 165 personnel and 40 tanks. The battalions, using the old T-54, T-55 or T-62, had 31 or 40 additional enlisted men. However, forces in Eastern Europe began to standardize towards lesser education.

Art division

The Soviet artillery battalion in the late 1980s consisted of a battalion headquarters, a platoon headquarters, a maintenance and supply platoon, and three firing batteries, each of six artillery units, whether self-propelled 2s1 Gvozdika or towed d-30 howitzers, and totaled 260 people or 240 people respectively. Artillery rocket battalions consisted of a headquarters platoon, a service battery and three fire batteries equipped with BM-21 ("Grads"), with a total strength of 255 people.

brigade

The brigade is the main tactical military formation, which, as a rule, consists of three to six battalions plus auxiliary elements. This is roughly equivalent to an enlarged or reinforced regiment. Two or more brigades can make up a division.

Brigades formed within a division are usually infantry or armored (sometimes called combined arms brigades). In addition to combat units, they may include combat support units or units such as artillery and engineers, as well as logistics units or units. Historically, such brigades were sometimes referred to as brigade groups. In terms of operations, a brigade may include both organic elements and attached elements, including some temporarily attached for a specific task.

Brigades can also be specialized and consist of battalions of the same unit, such as cavalry, mechanized, armored, artillery, anti-aircraft, aviation, engineering, signal or rear. Some brigades are classified as independent or detached and operate independently of the traditional divisional structure. A typical standard NATO brigade consists of approximately 3,200-5,500 troops. However, in Switzerland and Austria, their number can reach 11,000 troops. The Soviet Union, its predecessors and successors, mostly use the "regiment" instead of the brigade, and this was common in most of Europe before World War II.

The brigade commander is usually a major general, brigadier general, brigadier, or colonel. In some armies, the commander is rated as a general officer. The brigade commander has an autonomous headquarters and personnel. The chief staff officer, usually a lieutenant colonel or colonel, may be appointed chief of staff, although until the late 20th century the British and similar armies referred to the position as "brigade major". Some brigades may also have a second in command. The headquarters has a core of staff officers and support staff (secretaries, assistants and drivers) which can vary depending on the type of brigade. Headquarters will usually have its own liaison team.

Division

A division is a large military unit, or formation, usually consisting of 10,000-20,000 soldiers. Infantry divisions during the World Wars had a nominal strength of 8,000 to 30,000 men.

In most armies, a division consists of several regiments or brigades. In turn, several divisions, as a rule, make up a corps. Historically, the division has been a default combined arms unit capable of independent operations. Smaller combination weapons, such as the US Regimental Combat Team (RCT), during World War II were used when conditions favored them. Recently, modern Western militaries have begun to use the smaller brigade combat team (similar to the RCT) as the default combined arms unit. At the same time, the division to which they belong was less important.

Although the focus of the article is on army units, in naval usage the division has a completely different meaning. Refers to either an administrative/functional subdivision of a department (e.g., fire department, weapons department) aboard naval and coast guard, ships, coastal commands, and in naval aviation units (including navy, marines, coast guard and aviation), in a subgroup of several ships in a flotilla or squadron, or two or three sections of aircraft, operating under the authority of a designated unit leader.

Within an administrative/functional unit, unit size varies widely, although typically unit strength in the military is less than 100 and is roughly equivalent in function and organizational hierarchy/command relation to a platoon.

Frame

An operational formation, sometimes known as a field corps, that consists of two or more divisions. Another variety is the administrative corps, a specialized military service unit (such as the artillery corps, medical corps, or military police unit) or in some cases a separate service in the national army (such as the US Marine Corps). These practices often overlap. For example, during the Korean War, the United States Tenth Corps: Field Corps included infantry units from the US Marine Corps and smaller units from various US Army administrative corps.

Corps can also be a general term for a non-military organization such as the United States Peace Corps.

field army

A field army (numbered army or simply an army) is a military formation in many militaries consisting of two or more corps and may be subordinate to an army group. Likewise, air armies are equivalent to formations in some air forces. The field army consists of 100-150 thousand servicemen.

Specific field armies are usually named or numbered to distinguish them from "army" in the sense of the entire national land force. In English, numbers such as "First Army" are commonly used to name field armies. While the corps, as a rule, are distinguished by Roman numerals (for example, I Corps) and subordinate formations - by serial numbers (for example, the 1st division). A field army may be given a geographical name in addition to or as an alternative to a numerical name, such as the British Army of the Rhine, the Army of the Neman, or the Army of the Aegean (also known as the Fourth Army).

The Roman army is one of the first official field armies, in the sense of a very large combined arms formation, namely the sacer comitatus, which can literally be translated as "sacred escort". The term comes from the fact that they were commanded by Roman emperors (considered sacred) when they acted as field commanders.

In some militaries, an army is or was equivalent to a corps-level unit. In the units of the Red Army, the field army in wartime was subordinate to the front (the equivalent of an army group). It contained at least three to five divisions, along with artillery, air defense, reconnaissance and other support units. It can be classified as a combined army or a tank army. Although both were combined arms formations, the former contained a larger number of motorized rifle divisions, and the latter a larger number of tank divisions. In peacetime, the Soviet army was usually subordinate to a military district.

Modern field armies are large formations that differ significantly in numbers, composition and areas of responsibility. For example, in NATO, a field army consists of a headquarters and usually controls at least two corps, under which are located a different number of divisions. The level of the field army is affected by the movement of divisions and reinforcements from one corps to another in order to increase pressure on the enemy at a critical point. NATO troops are controlled by a general or lieutenant general.

army group, army group

Army Group – A military organization made up of several field armies that is self-sufficient indefinitely. It is usually responsible for a specific geographic area. An army group is the largest field organization, run by a single commander - usually a general or field marshal - and includes between 400,000 and 1,000,000 soldiers.

In the Polish Armed Forces and the former Soviet Red Army, the army group was known as the front.

Army groups can be multinational formations. For example, during World War II, the Southern Army Group (also known as the US 6th Army Group) included the US Seventh Army and the French First Army; The 21st Army Group included the British Second Army, the Canadian First Army and the US Ninth Army.

In both the Commonwealth and the United States, the army group number is expressed in Arabic numerals (eg 12th Army Group), while the field army number is spelled out (eg "Third Army").

Theater of operations, front

The theater of war is a sub-area on the theater of war. The theater boundary is determined by the commander, who organizes or provides support for specific combat operations within the TO.

The theater of operations is divided into strategic areas or military regions, depending on whether it is a war or peacetime. The United States military is divided into Joint Combat Teams (Regions), which are assigned to a specific theater of operations. A strategic direction is an army group, also known as a target (field) force or battle group. A strategic command or direction would essentially comprise a number of tactical military formations or an operational command. In modern militaries, strategic command is more commonly known as combat command, which may be a combination of groups.

In the units of the Russian army

The large geographic division used by the Soviet and Russian Armed Forces to classify continental geographic areas is classified as a "theater". The separation of large continental and maritime areas helps to determine the limits within which action plans are developed for strategic military groupings of forces. This allows military operations to be carried out on specific important strategic directions, known as fronts, which were named according to their "theatre" of military operations, such as the South-Western Front (Russian Empire), 1st Ukrainian Front and the Northern Front (Soviet Union) . In peacetime, due to the loss of the strategic direction, the fronts were transformed into military regions (districts) responsible for the allotted sector of operations.

Conclusion

This article examined the military structure of units, as well as the number of units in the army. The history of such optimization of command and control goes back to antiquity. Even in the military units of the Roman army, there was a division of the legion into small formations. These formations were centuriae and cohorts. The military units in the army of the Roman Empire were very successful. Therefore, the commanders adopted this tactic.

Military formations from a military unit and above have the status of a legal entity. In civil law relations, they act as organizations in the organizational and legal form of federal state institutions. Military formations have seals with a reproduction of the State Emblem of the Russian Federation and their conditional and actual names, seals, stamps, letterheads, personal and other accounts in the territorial bodies of the federal treasury necessary for the implementation of their activities. Buildings, structures, premises, equipment, machinery, weapons, inventory and other material means necessary for the implementation of activities are assigned to the operational management of military formations in order to ensure their activities in the prescribed manner. Land plots are provided to military formations for free, perpetual use. Military formations conclude and execute civil law contracts and agreements.

Information about the places of deployment of military formations, the staff and payroll of personnel, personnel regulations, the availability and technical condition of weapons, military equipment, other materiel and other information constitute a state secret.

Name of the military formation

Military formations have real and conditional names.

The code name includes the phrase "military unit" and its four-digit numerical designation (for example: "military unit No. 12345"). If in the text it is necessary to refer to a military unit without indicating the number, then the phrase "military unit" is used.

The actual name consists of a combined arms number, staff name, honorary titles (if they are assigned) and the names of state awards (if the military formation was awarded an order (orders)) (for example: 1234 Guards Arkharinsky Order of Lenin Red Banner Separate Tank Regiment).

In unclassified documents, as a rule, conventional names of military formations are used, with the exception of documents of a congratulatory nature and documents in which it is necessary to emphasize the special status of a military formation, its history, tasks and merits.

Battle flag of the military formation

Framed (framed) part (S.ch.)- a military formation contained in peacetime according to a reduced peacetime staff as an organizational and material base for deployment when mobilization is announced according to the wartime staff. Armament, military equipment and other materiel in cropped part usually kept in a state of conservation on the wartime staff. Typically, a peacetime regiment forms a wartime brigade.

Aviation unit, military unit- a separate aviation unit, a separate aviation detachment, a separate aviation squadron, an air base, an aviation regiment, an aviation equipment display center, a test center, an aviation training center, a flight test station of a military mission or an aviation repair plant, a combined aviation detachment, an aviation sports organization ROSTO ( DOSAAF).

Training unit, military unit- a military formation (brigade, regiment, battalion, company) intended for the training and additional training of military personnel undergoing military service on conscription and under a contract according to training programs. There are training programs for the training of squad commanders (sergeants), sanitary instructors, drivers of vehicles and armored vehicles, gunners of armored vehicles, radiotelephonists and radiotelegraph operators, special communications specialists, radiation, chemical and biological protection specialists, ensigns and others.

see also

Literature

• Soviet military encyclopedia - M .: Military Publishing House, 1976 - 1980. - (in 8 volumes). - 105,000 copies.

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Reading literature, watching films or programs on military topics, an ordinary person is constantly faced with the names of various military formations that are not entirely clear to him. Any military man will immediately understand what is at stake, what kind of troops is represented by this military formation, what is the number of soldiers, what tasks he performs on the battlefield. For civilians, such information is not familiar due to their ignorance. The division also refers to such terms unfamiliar to the average person.

The meaning of the term "division"

The division is one of the main tactical military formations. It combines different types of troops, but one of them still prevails. The structures of, for example, a tank and motorized rifle division are fully consistent with each other. The only difference is that a tank regiment consists of two or three tank regiments and one motorized rifle regiment. But in the motorized rifle - exactly the opposite. It consists of two or three motorized rifle regiments and only one tank regiment. But in addition to these regiments, the division also accommodates companies and battalions of other military branches. For example, an automobile battalion or a chemical protection company.

The modern army of the Russian Federation includes such divisions as missile, tank, airborne, aviation, artillery and motorized rifle divisions. The division for other branches of the military is not the largest formation. Either a regiment or a brigade predominates there. The division commander is an important person in her life. They can become a military man with the rank of major general.

historical necessity

The twentieth century was marked for mankind by many wonderful achievements in the field of science. But the terrible side of this century was two global wars that affected more than one country. In such wartime, people measured the military strength and potential of other states by the number of divisions. The defense of each country was built precisely on this military formation, and not only defense. A large number of divisions could increase the importance of any country among other states. Division is a variable concept. That is, in each country, the number of people and weapons that formed the division was different. Therefore, a comparison of the military potential of countries on this basis at the present stage is considered incorrect.

Divisions during the war

Divisions in the USSR before the start of World War II were one of the main military formations. The number of such tactical units in the entire Red Army throughout the war totaled 132 divisions. The number of personnel of each of them was about 15 thousand people. The armament and technical equipment of the divisions was only slightly inferior to those of the divisions. Also, each of them was reinforced with 16 tanks and armored vehicles, which significantly increased combat power. Due to the time, the divisions also had horses in their composition, the number of which reached 1100 individuals. Insufficient funding of the army led to a drop in the power level of the division as a tactical military unit. But the war forced the country to activate all forces, including financial ones. The divisions received the missing resources, including the replenishment of personnel. This helped a lot in a positive resolution of the situation at the front.

Regiment and division - what's the difference?

Both in Soviet times and in the modern Russian army, the regiment is a key military formation. If we consider the regiment from the economic side, it immediately becomes clear that it is completely autonomous in this regard. Most often, the commander of the regiment is a colonel. The predominant branch of service gives the name to the regiment, although it includes more than one branch of service. The largest and most important formation is the division. The regiment is included in its composition, connecting with other regiments, companies and divisions. In contrast to the division, the predominance of a certain type of troops is very pronounced. In its ranks, the regiment can contain 200-900 personnel.

Division and brigade

The brigade serves as an intermediate link between the regiment and the division. In many states of the world, it is also referred to as the main military formations. In its structure, the brigade is very similar to the regiment, but the number of units included in it is much larger. The personnel of the brigade - 2-8 thousand people. The main in this tactical formation, as in the regiment, is the colonel. A division is a larger formation. It has its own headquarters for the coordination of military operations, units and units. The brigade is considered a more flexible and simple formation, in contrast to the division. This led to the fact that the Russian army was transferred to the brigade structure. Divisions survived only in a few branches of the military.

Division command

As mentioned earlier, a major general is at the helm of the division. This military rank is common in many countries of the world, including the Russian Federation. The major general is a member of the senior officer corps. On the career ladder, he is located between the colonel and the lieutenant general.

The position of division commander appeared after the reform of the military forces in 1924. It was a typical command position. In 1935, after the decision of the Central Executive Committee, the personal rank of "division commander" was introduced, that is, divisional commander. In the Red Army, the division commander stood above the brigade commander (brigade commander) and below the commander (corps commander). This title lasted until 1940, when it was abolished, again becoming just a position.

Guards division - what is it?

The Guards Division was considered one of the most elite military formations. The most responsible and difficult tasks were entrusted to her. The guard as an elite part of the army appeared in the era of slavery. The concept of "guard" in a close to modern sense was first used in the 12th century in Italy. This was the name of a detachment of soldiers guarding the state banner. This innovation was adopted by Peter I. He created the first regiments of the guard in 1690.

During the Second World War, the divisions, which were called Guards, were considered the best. The title of "Guards" was awarded to them for their special courage and heroism, as well as for their ability to skillfully fight.

In September 1941, by order of the People's Commissar of the USSR, even rifle divisions were transformed into guards. Subsequently, this day became the day of the Guard. For example, the 42nd Guards Rifle Division inherited its high rank from the First Guards Rifle Brigade. Each such division was given a banner that had special meaning for them. In addition, monetary remuneration for service in such a unit also increased. The salary of chiefs was increased by 1.5 times, privates - by 2 times.

In 1942, a new decree was issued, in which, among other things, a special badge "Guard" was established. It was worn on the right side of the chest.

Airborne Troops

The Airborne Division is part of a special kind of troops that have the ability to operate behind enemy lines. This one was created in order to counteract the enemy, destroying, among other things, their and command posts. The Airborne Forces, acting in the rear, should help both the sailors. The equipment of such divisions is the most modern, the types of weapons are diverse. In order to drop the necessary cargo in the most difficult conditions (bad weather, open terrain, night darkness or daylight, high altitude), the Airborne Forces use parachute equipment. The airborne division, along with the brigade, is the main unit of this type of troops.

In peacetime, the Airborne Forces do not cease to carry out their service. They perform a variety of tasks that help maintain the level of combat readiness of the troops, as well as the mobilization determination of the civilian population. This is very important, because in the event of a military conflict, it is the attitude of people and high combat readiness that decide a lot. From the foregoing, we can conclude that the airborne division is a kind of command reserve, which is called upon if it is necessary to carry out an operation to capture the enemy either from the air or from the rear.

Thus, the division is the main formation of a tactical branch in all types of troops. Although the modern Russian army has abandoned the divisional system, other countries and organizations, such as NATO, actively use this particular system. The combat path of the division is not easy. This has been proven by many wars, but it is an indispensable military formation.